Location: | Russell County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 36.96313, -82.03178 |
dep_id: | 10025709 |
mrds_id: | K001637 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Prospect |
ore: | Barite |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
ore_ctrl: | Thin Seams Of Barite In Wall Rock. And In Clay Residuum. |
Reporter: | Fagan, James M., Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
hrock_unit: | Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Limestone |
Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Copper Ridge Syncline, Honaker Fault, Copper Creek Fault. |
tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
yfp_ba: | > |
Year first produced: | 1880 |
dy_ba: | > |
disc_yr: | 1880 |
References: |
- Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 6, 164 P.
- Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53, 85 P.
- Deposit:: ? DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES
- Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)
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